Community News in Cullercoats, Newcastle upon Tyne and Whitley Bay

Family fun on offer at pub's first beer festival

Five North East breweries will see their beers on the bar as a Cullercoats pub hosts a weekend of family fun.

The Sandpiper, on Farringdon Road, will host its first ever beer and cider festival, with three ales each from Wylam, Cullercoats, Firebrick, Anarchy and High House Farm.

“Real ales are definitely growing in popularity and we thought this festival would be great way of forging links with our local breweries,” said Atul Malhotra, a director of the Malhotra group, which owns the pub.

On Saturday there will be a bouncy castle and face painter, followed by a barbecue from 4pm to 9pm.

And on Sunday there will be a magician and free curry from 6pm to 9pm.

North East housing on agenda

Housing should be on the agenda as party conference season approaches, says a North East leader in the sector.

Bill Midgley, chair of Leazes Homes in Newcastle, said housing will play a vital role in aiding the country’s economic recovery – but only if politicians prioritise the issue.

He said: “The three main political parties have really let housing slip off the agenda. We need more housing to meet the demand of a growing population.” Data from the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy showed housing was to be the hardest hit in cuts to council spending in 2014/15.

School Games event

Athletic teens from Newcastle will be competing in a major national competition.

The Sainsbury’s School Games in Manchester 2014 will see the best sporting talents in the country come together for a four day meeting.

Beth Pringle, who will compete in the 300m and 4x300m relay in the athletics, said: “I am thrilled to be selected for the Sainsbury’s School Games as that was my main aim for this year. Now that aim has become reality I want to perform to the best of my ability in September.”

New classic car exhibition in Whitley Bay is set to be popular amoungst Classic Car owners

Classic car owners are being encouraged to sign up and guarantee their spot at the region’s newest classic car show.

In less than a month’s time, enthusiasts from across the North East will gather on the Links in Whitley Bay, with over 150 cars, ranging from pre-1950s classics to more recent vehicles, already signed up to be on show.

Cars from yesteryear and around the world will be on show on Sunday September 21, including a 1933 Austin; a 1946 Morris; a 1959 Sunbeam; a 1969 Triumph; a 1969 Daimler; a 1978 Reliant and a 1985 Jaguar.

There will also be a collection of vintage buses from the 1940s to 1970s on display.

North Tyneside Council has worked in partnership with local classic car enthusiasts to create the event, and it’s hoped that it will go on to become an annual attraction for Whitley Bay.

Councillor Eddie Darke, cabinet member for leisure, culture and tourism, said: “There’s a lot of excitement for this new event and I hope people from across the region come along to meet the car owners.”

New North East Study finds people are fooled by over-confidence

People who are over-confident fool others into believing they are more talented than they really are, according to a new North East study.

Researchers said those with an inflated view of their own abilities are more likely to succeed at work – and could partially explain banking collapses and other disasters.

These people are more likely to over-estimate other people’s talents, and therefore take greater risks, according to academics from Newcastle and Exeter universities.

The study said those who underestimate their own skills are seen as less able than they actually are by colleagues. In the study, 72 students were asked to rate their own ability and the ability of their peers after the first day of their course.

Of those, 32 students (about 45%) were under-confident in their ability as compared to their final mark, 29 students (40%) were over-confident and 11 (15%) were accurate in their assessments of their own ability.

There was a positive link between grades students predicted for themselves and the grades others predicted for them. In other words, students who predicted higher grades for themselves were predicted to have higher grades by others, irrespective of their actual final score.

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